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Target Making Its Move into Canada

January 14, 2011

Target announced plans to open its first store in Canada in 2013, according to the Associated Press.

The company has agreed to pay $1.83 billion ($1.85 billion US) for 220 Zellers leases from Hudson’s Bay Co., according to the report. Target is planning on converting 100 to 150 of those locations into Target stores.

In related news, Target also plans on opening 21 new stores in 13 states, according to the Associated Press. The retailer will open six stores on Mar. 6 in states including California, Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kentucky and Massachusetts. Another nine stores will open on July 24 and include two stores in California, two stores in Pennsylvania, one store in Hawaii, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Massachusetts.

The remaining six stores will open Oct. 9, with two more slated for California, two in North Carolina, one in Ohio and another in Pennsylvania. Each store is expected to have between 100 and 250 employees.